10.1

Purpose: This ordinance is intended to regulate the placement and physical dimensions of off-street parking within the City of Calumet City. Hereafter no parking lot or building shall be erected or altered and no land used unless there be provide adequate off-street parking space or spaces for the needs of tenants, personnel and patrons together with means of ingress and egress.

10.2

General provisions:

(a)

Off-street parking for other than residential uses shall be either on the same lot or within three hundred (300) feet of the property it is intended to serve, measured along dedicated streets. Ownership or lease of all lots or parcels intended for use as parking shall be held by the applicant as long as off-street parking is required for such principal building in accordance with the terms of this section.

(b)

Off-street accessory parking permitted under paragraph (a) and not located on the same lot as the principal use, may be located in residential districts under the following conditions:

(1)

That said lots or property be immediately adjacent to a business or industrial zoning district.

(2)

That no vehicular access to said lot or property be permitted from any street frontage in a residential district, except that access drives will be permitted on a street which within the same block has frontage in the district in which the principal use is permitted and located.

(3)

That all off-street parking lots adjoining lots zoned for residential use shall have a minimum setback of ten (10) feet from any interior lot line, except if the adjoining lot is used for legal conforming parking purposes.

(4)

That no parking shall be permitted between the street right-of-way line and the building line prevailing in the zone in which the proposed parking area is to be located. The resulting open area shall be planted in grass or otherwise landscaped to create a permanent green area.

(c)

Residential off-street parking spaces shall consist of a parking strip, driveway, garage or combination thereof and shall be located on the premises they are intended to serve.

(d)

Two (2) or more buildings or uses may collectively provide the required off-street parking in which case the required number of parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the several individual uses computed separately.

(e)

In the instance of dual function of off-street parking, spaces where operating hours of buildings overlap the zoning board of appeals may grant an exception.

(f)

The storage or sale of merchandise or the repair of vehicles is prohibited.

(g)

For those uses not specifically mentioned, the requirements for off-street parking facilities shall be in accord with a use which the inspectional services department considers as being similar in type.

(h)

Ingress and egress: A suitable means of ingress and egress for vehicles to premises used for parking shall be provided, and shall open directly from and to a public street, alley, or highway. The width of any exit or entrance adjoining property or opposite property zoned for residential uses shall be approved prior to obtaining any permit therefore. The inspectional services department may require the owner to provide acceleration or deceleration lanes where traffic volumes indicate the need. Interval distances between the intersections formed by such ingress and egress points along a public street or between such intersections and the intersections formed by other traffic ways (including other streets, alleys, or driveways) shall be regulated in accordance with the following standards:

(1)

Whenever possible, intersections along major arterial streets shall occur at intervals not less than twelve hundred (1,200) feet, nine hundred (900) feet, and three hundred (300) feet, respectively for Type A, B and C intersections, as defined below.

(2)

Whenever possible, such intersections along minor arterials shall occur at intervals not less than one thousand (1,000) feet, seven hundred (700) feet, and three hundred (300) feet, respectively for Type A, B, and C intersections.

Type A intersections are defined as those intersections requiring or anticipated to require traffic controls (traffic lights or stop signs) on the public street along which the interval is measured, but not necessarily on the intersecting trafficways.

Type B intersections are defined as those intersections not requiring traffic controls, but allowing left-hand turning movements off the public street along which the interval is measured.

Type C intersections are defined as those intersections not requiring traffic controls on and not permitting left-hand turning movements off the public street along which the interval is measured. When the interval is between intersections of different types, the least restrictive interval requirement shall apply.

(i)

Fencing, wheel stops or other physical barriers shall be provided for all boundaries of the parking area except at points of ingress and egress to prevent encroachment of vehicles.

(j)

Pavement: All parking lots shall be constructed in accordance with specifications then required by the city engineer for the construction of roadways and other paved public areas.

(k)

Lighting: If the parking lot is to be open for use after dark, it shall be provided with lighting that meets the standards of the inspectional services department. Lights shall be shielded so as not to shine directly or in an offensive manner on any residential property. Lighting fixtures and mounting locations shall be selected to uniformly disperse light in accordance with standards approved by the city engineer.

(l)

Screening: When a parking lot abuts a residential zone, there shall be permanently maintained along such boundary screening as provided in the Calumet City Zoning Ordinance.

(m)

Plot plan to be filed: Prior to constructing an accessory parking lot, the owner or persons in charge of the land to be used for parking shall submit a plot plan to the building inspector who will submit same to the department of community and economic development, city engineer and other agencies for their consideration and recommendations. Such plot plan shall show the boundaries of the property, location of adjacent houses, parking spaces, circulation patterns, drainage plan and construction plan for boundary walls and planting plan.

10.3

Off-street parking space standards: The amount of off-street parking spaces for new uses or buildings, additions thereto, and additions to existing buildings shall be determined in accordance with the following minimum parking provisions provided that, excepting as otherwise provided below, no parking area shall project into a required front yard and provided that no parking area shall be permitted between the curb line and the property line in any district.

(a)

One-family dwelling: Two (2) spaces for each family unit, plus one (1) space for every two (2) additional adult non-related persons. Parking may be provided in not more than fifty (50) percent of a required front yard and only if the parking area is clearly designated and improved as a driveway paved with concrete, bituminous concrete or other approved surface material.

(b)

Two-family dwellings: One and one-half (1½) parking spaces for each family, plus one (1) space for every two (2) additional adult non-related persons. Parking may be provided in not more than fifty (50) percent of a required front yard and only if the parking area is clearly designated and improved as a driveway paved with concrete, bituminous concrete or other approved surface material.

(c)

Multiple family dwellings: One and one-half (1½) parking spaces per unit, plus one (1) space for each employee.

High density multiple family dwellings: One and one-half (1½) spaces per unit.

(d)

Motel: One (1) space per unit, plus one (1) space for each employee.

(e)

Hotel: One (1) space for each of the first twelve (12) guest rooms and one (1) space for each four (4) rooms greater than twelve (12), but not exceeding forty (40), and one (1) parking space for each additional five (5) rooms above forty (40), plus one (1) space for each employee.

(f)

Apartment hotel: One (1) space for each apartment, plus one (1) for each employee.

(g)

Office building: One (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of gross leasable floor area excluding any floor space used for parking.

(h)

Retail stores: One (1) parking space for each one hundred eighty (180) square feet of gross floor area.

(i)

[Wholesale and retail businesses:] Wholesale businesses and retail businesses specializing in goods or merchandise not normally carried by the customer, such as furniture, large appliances, vehicles and similar items.

(1)

One (1) parking space per each five hundred (500) square feet of floor area used for the display or sale of merchandise, excluding office space, plus one (1) parking space for each employee per shift.

(2)

For outdoor sales, one (1) parking space per two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of lot area, plus one (1) parking space for each employee per shift.

(j)

Barber shops and beauty parlors: One (1) for each chair, plus one (1) for each employee.

(k)

Banks, dry cleaning, laundries and similar service businesses: One (1) parking space for each two hundred fifty (250) square feet of floor area.

(l)

Drive-in banks with inside customer service: Five (5) for each inside teller window plus one (1) for each employee; without inside customer service, one (1) space for each employee.

(m)

Restaurants, banquet halls and drive-in eating establishments: One (1) parking space for each sixty (60) square feet of gross floor area, but not less than fifteen (15) spaces.

(n)

Bowling alleys: Four (4) parking spaces for each alley.

(o)

Auto service station: Four (4) spaces.

(p)

Hospitals: One (1) space for each four (4) beds, plus one (1) space for each staff doctor, plus one (1) space for each two (2) full-time employees on shift, including nurses.

(q)

Professional offices, medical clinics: One (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area. Provided that professional offices when used as a home occupation shall provide one (1) parking space for each one hundred (100) square feet or major fraction thereof, of office area in addition to that required for the residing family or families.

(r)

Sanitariums, convalescent home or children's homes: One (1) parking space for each six (6) beds, plus one (1) for each two (2) employees.

(s)

Mortuaries or funeral homes: One (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square feet of floor area in the slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms.

(t)

Elementary and junior high schools: One (1) parking space for each employee, plus one (1) parking space for each eighty (80) square feet in the main auditorium not containing fixed seats, or one (1) space for each six (6) fixed seats in the main auditorium, whichever is greater.

(u)

Senior high schools: One (1) parking space for each employee, plus one (1) parking space for each five (5) students or one (1) space for each eighty (80) square feet of floor area in the main auditorium not containing fixed seats, or one (1) parking space for each six (6) fixed seats in the main auditorium, whichever is greater.

(v)

College and business university: One (1) parking space for each two (2) employees, plus one (1) space for each three (3) students.

(w)

Libraries, museums or art galleries: One (1) parking space for each six hundred (600) square feet of floor area plus one (1) for each four (4) employees.

(x)

Contractor yards or plant storage yard: One (1) parking space for each employee.

(y)

Sports arenas, auditoriums, theaters, assembly halls, other than in schools: One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats or seating spaces.

(z)

Manufacturing plants or research laboratories: One (1) parking space for each two (2) employees per work shift.

(aa)

Churches: One (1) parking space for each five (5) seats in the main auditorium.

(bb)

Laundromats: One (1) parking space for each two (2) washing machines.

(cc)

Lodging houses: One (1) parking space shall be provided for each lodging room, plus one (1) space for the owner or manager.

(dd)

Private clubs and lodges: One (1) parking space shall be provided for each lodging room, plus parking spaces equal in number to twenty-five (25) percent of the capacity in persons (exclusive of lodging room capacity) of such club or lodge.

(ee)

Automobile laundry: Thirty (30) stacking spaces shall be provided for each wash rack, plus one (1) parking space for each employee.

(ff)

Motor vehicle sales and machinery sales: One (1) parking space shall be provided for each six hundred (600) square feet of floor area.

(gg)

Warehouses and storage buildings: One (1) parking space shall be provided for each employee, plus one (1) parking space for each vehicle used in the conduct of the enterprise, and guest parking equal to one (1) space for each four thousand (4,000) square feet of floor space.

(hh)

Government or privately owned recreation buildings or community centers: One (1) parking space shall be provided for each two (2) employees, plus spaces adequate in number to serve the public.

(ii)

Cannabis dispensaries: One (1) parking space for each sixty (60) square feet of gross floor area, but not less than fifteen (15) spaces

(jj)

Cannabis cultivation centers, craft growers, transporters, processors, infusers: One (1) parking space shall be provided for each employee, plus one (1) parking space for each vehicle used in the conduct of the enterprise, and guest parking equal to one (1) space for each four thousand (4,000) square feet of floor space.

(kk)

[Off-site parking:] In parking areas not located immediately adjacent to the structure to which the spaces are accessory, the maximum number of parking spaces intended for use by semi-trailers, wheeled containers or tractor-trailer combinations at warehouses, distribution facilities and similar facilities used for the storage, loading or off-loading of goods, shall not exceed the greater of any the following:

(1)

One (1) parking space per loading dock; or

(2)

One (1) parking space for every twelve (12) linear feet of the two (2) longest sides of the structure to which the parking is accessory; or

(3)

One (1) parking space for every five thousand (5,000) square feet of interior space principally used for the storage of goods.

These parking spaces shall be in addition to parking spaces that are located adjacent to the structure to which the spaces are accessory.

All parking areas intended for use by semi-trailers, wheeled containers or tractor-trailer combinations that are not located immediately adjacent to the structure to which the parking is accessory shall be located across from the two (2) longest sides of the structure. In addition, the parking spaces shall be perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the structure and shall be arrayed in a single row. Double stacking shall be prohibited.

All parking spaces intended for use by semi-trailers, wheeled containers or tractor-trailer combinations shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide, excluding striping. In addition, such parking spaces may not be located within fifty (50) feet of a building corner.

In addition to the foregoing, there shall be one (1) parking space provided for each employee per shift suitable for use by passenger vehicles. These spaces shall be not less than one hundred eighty (180) square feet in size with a minimum width of nine (9) feet. These spaces may not be used by semi-trailers, wheeled container, tractor-trailer combinations or similar vehicles.

For the purposes of this subsection, the term "parking" shall mean the temporary outdoor stationing of an operable vehicle, semi-trailer or wheeled container (or similar item capable of lawful interstate travel without modification) that has been loaded or off-loaded within the previous seven (7) days or that will be loaded or off-loaded within the next seven (7) days. Outdoor stationing for longer periods of time shall constitute outdoor storage. The term "parking" does not include outdoor storage.

10.4

Additional regulations, off-street loading:

(a)

Location: All required loading berths shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. No loading berth for vehicles over two (2) tons' capacity shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any property in a residence district unless completely enclosed by building walls or a uniformly painted solid fence or wall, or any combination thereof, not less than six (6) feet in height. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two (2) streets.

(b)

Size: Unless otherwise specified, a required loading berth shall be at least ten (10) feet in width by at least twenty-five (25) feet in length, exclusive of aisles and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet.

(c)

Access: Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements.

(d)

Surfacing: All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted macadam base, not less than seven (7) inches thick, surfaced with not less than two (2) inches of asphaltic concrete or some comparable all weather dustless material.

(e)

Repair and service: No motor vehicles repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided in any residence or business districts. Space allocated to any off-street loading shall not while so allocated be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.

(f)

Schedule of loading requirements: For the uses listed in the following table, off-street loading berths shall be provided on the basis of the gross floor of the building or portions thereof devoted to such uses in the amounts shown herein.

SCHEDULE OF LOADING REQUIREMENTS

(Code 1980, App. B, § X; Ord. No. 93-4, § 1c., 2-25-1993; Ord. No. 96-30, § 1(Exh. A), 5-23-1996; Ord. No. 18-74, § 2, 12-13-2018; Ord. No. 20-19, § 5, 4-9-2020)